Kansas Statutes Annotated

K.S.A. § 58-2205 (2026)

How conveyances executed and acknowledged

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58-2205. How conveyances executed and acknowledged. Conveyances of land, or of any other estate or interest therein, may be made by deed, executed by any person having authority to convey the same, or by that person's agent or attorney, and may be acknowledged and recorded as herein directed, without any other act or ceremony whatever.

History: G.S. 1868, ch. 22, § 3; October 31; R.S. 1923, 67-205.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1978–2020 · leading case: In re Est. of Moore – Gardner – Affirmed – Cowley, 390 P.3d 551 (Kan. Ct. App. 2017).
In re Est. of Moore – Gardner – Affirmed – Cowley, 390 P.3d 551 (Kan. Ct. App. 2017). · cites it 2× “Harvey contrasts this statute to K.S.A. 58-2205, which provides: "Conveyances of land, or of any other estate or interest therein, may be made by deed, executed by any person having authority to convey the same, or by that person's agent or attorney, and may be acknowledged and…”
Luthi v. Evans, 576 P.2d 1064 (Kan. 1978). “The manner of execution and acknowledgment of instruments of conveyance is covered by K.S.A. 58-2205, 58-2209, 58-2211, and 58-2212.”
Hildebrandt v. Hildebrandt, 683 P.2d 1288 (Kan. Ct. App. 1984). “K.S.A. 58-2205, -2209. Neither of these provisions require a particular form of signature by an agent.”
Bucklin Nat'l Bank v. Hayse Ranch (Kan. Ct. App. 2020). “See K.S.A. 58-2205 ("[c]onveyances of land . .”
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